Leather product and process of manufacturing the same.



. c. BRANDT. LEATHER PRODUCT AND PROCESS OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME.

APPLICATION TILED JAN. 12, 1911. 1,064,048. Patented June 10, 1913.

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which a soft orfiamentedleather is desirable.

7 N TED STATES PATENT oFFIc CARL BRANDT, OIF NORWOOD, MASSACHUSETTS,ASSIGNOR TO BRANDT LEATHER COMPANY, OF NORWOOD, MASSACHUSETTS, ACORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

' I i LEATHER AND PR =OC ESS 0F IYILAJSTZTIEAC'IPIIIRING THE SAME,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL BRANDT, a ,citizen of the United States,residing at Norwood, county of Norfolk, State of Massachusetts, haveinvented an Improvement in Leather-Products and Processes of Manuvetyeffect and to provide a novel process by which this leather product maybe produced.

Leather which is made in accordance with this invent-ion is soft andpliable and has a velvety surface which is extremely ornamental and isadapted for use in making soft bags, such as ladies frequently use, foruse as table covers, and in fact for a great'wariety of, articles, forthe manufacture of In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated moreorless diagrammaticallyone manner of carrying out my invention.

Figure 1 illustrates the wet wheeling process; Fig. 2 is'aperspectiveview showing the skin folded or puckered and being treated to the dye;Fig. 3 is a view showing theskin after having-beentreated in accordancewith the invention.

In manufacturing my improved product, I

first tan the skin in the usual way andthen subject the flesh sidethereof to the usual preliminary steps that are taken in (the ordinarymanufacture of suede or velvet leather, that is, such steps as shavingthe flesh side and then wet-wheeling it, that is subjecting it to theaction of an emery wheel 1 while it is wet. After carrying out thesepreliminary steps in the manufacture of the leather and while the skinis still wet, I lay it on a tablewith the flesh side up and then puckerthe leather or gather it into folds, this preferably being done by hand.Thereafter I subject the puckered or foldedflesh side of the skin to theaction of a suitable dye, and this may conveniently be done by pouringon the flesh side while it is puckered or folded aquantity of dye. Theexposed ortions of the skin will, of course, be subjected to the fullaction of the dye, wh le the ortions of theskin that-are situated withinthe folds or puckers will be more or less subjected to the action of thedye, de-

Spccifieationcf Letters 1 am. Application filed January 1 2, 1911 SerialNo.- 602,341.

not limited to leather of this character. piece of leather embodying myinvention is pending on the character of the fold. If

the fold is a deepone and the sides happen to bepressed closelytogether, the dye Will not penetrate to any extent into the fold and theportions of the surface of the leather Patented June 10, I913.

within the fold will remain practically in its natural condition. Otherportions of the surface? of the skin where the two sides of the fold arenot pressed closely, together will be affected somewhat by the dye'and.will be partially covered, although the color Will not be so deep insuch portions as at the por tions that are entirely exposed. After-theskin has been thus subjected to the action of the'dye, it is unfoldedand straightened-and then is stretched out flat and dried in the usualmanner. After being subjected to this leather, such as chamois, althoughits use is A one in which the" flesh side, thereof presents the mottledor variegated appearance and is also treated so as to give it thevelvetyeffect.

In Fig. 1 I have-shown a skin at 1 supported on a table 2- and beingoperated upon by an emery wheel 3, this illustrating the wet-wheelingprocess. After theskinllas been thus treated it is placed on the tablewith the flesh side up and thenit is puckered or gathered into folds, asshown in Fig. 2. 4:

designates dye material that is being poured onto the puckered or foldedskin from a re ceptacle 5, this illustrating the dyeing proc-v ess.After the dyeing process is completed the skin is unfolded andstraightened out as shown in Fig. 3, and then is dried in usual manner,it then having the mottled appearance shown in said Fig. 3.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecureby Letters Patent is The process of treating tanned leather whichconsists'i'n wet wheeling the flesh side of the skin after it has beentanned, folding or puckering said skin While Wet, in such a Way thatportions only of the flshside there of will be exposed, and thensubjecting the exposed portions of the flesh side to the action of a dyeWhile the skin is in its folded puckered condition, unfolding and dryingthe skin 'andsubsequently sueding the flesh side thereof thereby toproduce a sueded case in the PetentOflice.

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[SEAL] 1 Correction Signed and seeded this 22nd dsy'ot' July, A.'D.,

leather having a mottled or variegated ap- 10 pearance. t In testimonywhereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses- CARL BRANDT.

Witnesses: i I

LOUIS 0. SMITH, THOMAS J. DRUMMoNn.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No; 1,664,048, grantedJu'ne 1 0 1913, upon the application of Carl Brandt, of Nor'woo d,Massachusettscfor an in proverrient in Leather Products and Processes ofiiienufacturing the samefen error appears in the printed specificationrequiring correction as follows Page 2, line'3, for irv-ord fish readflesh; and thet the said Letters Petent should be read withthiscorrection therein that the same may conform to the record of-the co.' BILLINGS,

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of the skin after it has been tanned, folding or puckering said skinWhile Wet, in such a Way that portions only of the flshside there ofwill be exposed, and then subjecting the exposed portions of the fleshside to the action of a dye While the skin is in its folded puckeredcondition, unfolding and drying the skin 'andsubsequently sueding theflesh side thereof thereby to produce a sueded case in the PetentOflice.

in' Letters Patent No. 1

[SEAL] 1 Correction Signed and seeded this 22nd dsy'ot' July, A.'D.,

leather having a mottled or variegated ap- 10 pearance. t In testimonywhereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses- CARL BRANDT.

Witnesses: i I

LOUIS 0. SMITH, THOMAS J. DRUMMoNn.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No; 1,664,048, grantedJu'ne 1 0 1913, upon the application of Carl Brandt, of Nor'woo d,Massachusettscfor an in proverrient in Leather Products and Processes ofiiienufacturing the samefen error appears in the printed specificationrequiring correction as follows Page 2, line'3, for irv-ord fish readflesh; and thet the said Letters Petent should be read withthiscorrection therein that the same may conform to the record of-the co.' BILLINGS,

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